List of Iraqi Americans

This is a list of notable Iraqi Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Academia/science

 * Ali Al-Sharah, computer scientist studying computer science in Washington State.
 * Elias Alsabti, plagiarist medical researcher and Pennsylvania medical licensed
 * Sinan Antoon, academic, writer, filmmaker
 * Hind Rassam Culhane, professor
 * Rafil A. Dhafir, physician
 * Mona Hanna-Attisha, pediatrician, professor, Flint Water Crisis whistleblower and public health advocate
 * Khidir Hamza, scientist and fraudulent
 * Emanuel Kamber, physics professor at Western Michigan University
 * Abraham Karem, designer of fixed and rotary-wing unmanned aircraft, regarded as the founding father of drone technology
 * Majid Khadduri, academic and founder of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Middle East Studies program
 * Jessica Meir, NASA astronaut, marine biologist, and physiologist
 * Thomas L. Saaty, Assyrian-Iraqi professor at the University of Pittsburgh
 * Nada Shabout, art historian and Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas
 * Ella Shohat, professor, author and activist
 * Saadi Simawe, translator, novelist and teacher
 * Donny George Youkhanna, archaeologist, anthropologist, author, curator, and scholar, and visiting professor at Stony Brook University in New York

Activists

 * Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, human rights activist and social entrepreneur
 * Amir Ashour, LGBT Rights activist

Actors

 * David Chokachi, actor of Turkmen and Finnish descent
 * Yasmine Hanani, actress known for her role in Voices of Iraq and The Kingdom
 * Nicholas Kadi, actor
 * Chris Kattan, comedian and actor; best known for his work on Saturday Night Live; paternal grandfather was of Iraqi Jewish descent
 * Jemima Kirke, artist, actress and director
 * Lola Kirke, actress and singer-songwriter
 * Michael Nouri, actor; father is from Iraq
 * Vincent Oshana, Assyrian-Iraqi actor
 * Heather Raffo, award-winning playwright/actress most known for her role in 9 Parts of Desire
 * Basam Ridha, actor
 * Alia Shawkat, actress known as Maeby Fünke on Arrested Development, father is from Iraq

Architecture

 * Hisham N. Ashkouri, architect

Artists

 * M. J. Alhabeeb, calligrapher
 * Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
 * Halla Ayla, artist
 * Zigi Ben-Haim, painter and sculptor
 * Wafaa Bilal, artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
 * Hayv Kahraman, artist/painter
 * Toba Khedoori, artist

Business

 * Efrem Harkham, hotelier and philanthropist
 * David Hindawi, software entrepreneur, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Tanium
 * Huda Kattan, CEO of Huda Beauty
 * Shakir al Khafaji, businessman
 * Moishe Mana, businessman and real estate developer
 * Selim Zilkha, entrepreneur
 * Alina Habba, Donald Trump's personal attorney

Comedians

 * Brian Awadis, also known as FaZe Rug
 * Remy Munasifi, also known as GoRemy

Directors

 * Usama Alshaibi, filmmaker
 * Carole Basri, filmmaker
 * Ali Hossaini, filmmaker, philosopher and pacifist
 * Anisa Mehdi, Emmy Award-winning film director and journalist

Military

 * Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, soldier
 * Ahmed K. Altaie, Specialist in the United States Army, killed in Iraq

Models

 * Amy Fadhli, fitness model, actress and winner of the Fitness America National Champion 1996

Musicians

 * Hanan Alattar, soprano opera singer
 * Rahim AlHaj, musician and composer
 * Ahmed El Faleh, singer who participated in Super Star 3, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol
 * Amir ElSaffar, musician and younger brother of Dena
 * Sargon Gabriel, Chaldean singer
 * Linda George, Chaldean singer
 * Juliana Jendo, Chaldean singer
 * Chemda Khalili, singer-songwriter and co-host of the Keith and The Girl podcast
 * Stephan Said, musician, writer and political activist
 * Ashur Bet Sargis, Chaldean singer
 * Janan Sawa, Chaldean musician
 * TIMZ, rapper

Politics

 * Rend al-Rahim Francke, politician, political activist and once held the position as Iraqi ambassador to the United States
 * Ayham al-Samarie, politician
 * Adam Benjamin, Jr., Assyrian-Iraqi, Indiana Congressman
 * Wadie Deddeh, Chaldean, Assemblyman and California State Senator
 * Anna Eshoo, Assyrian-Iraqi, California Congressman
 * John Nimrod, Assyrian-Iraqi, Illinois Senator
 * Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington DC and son of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani

Sports

 * Alex Agase, Assyrian-American, American football (Gridiron) player
 * Lou Agase, Assyrian-American, American football (Gridiron) player
 * Najah Ali, boxer
 * Steven Beitashour, Assyrian who played in Major League Soccer
 * Falah Hassan, footballer
 * Justin Meram, Chaldean U.S. based soccer player
 * Michael Shabaz, Assyrian American tennis player

Writers and journalists

 * Lorraine Ali, reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek
 * Ibrahim al-Marashi, academic plagiarized by the British government
 * Alise Alousi, poet
 * Sinan Antoon, poet, novelist and translator
 * Leila Barclay, American journalist and storyteller
 * Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer and is the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
 * Sargon Boulus, Assyrian-Iraqi
 * Abdul Ameer Yousef Habeeb, journalist
 * Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
 * Dunya Mikhail, poet
 * Armand Nassery, author and filmmaker
 * Greg Patent, author (born in Hong Kong to a Russian father and Iraqi mother)
 * Daniel Pearl, journalist (kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan)
 * Ayad Rahim, journalist
 * Mahmoud Saeed, Iraqi novelist
 * Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International
 * Cindy Sargon, Assyrian-Iraqi TV chef
 * Anita Sarkeesian, Canadian-American feminist media critic and public speaker. Her parents are Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s
 * Rachel Wahba, writer
 * Thura Al Windawi, author
 * Obelit Yadgar, Assyrian-Iraqi-Radio Glendale, Wisconsin

Other

 * Husham Al-Husainy, Sheikh of the Karbala Islamic Education Center
 * Noor Almaleki, honor killing victim
 * Hassan Al-Qazwini, religious leader
 * Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, attorney who helped the United States armed forces rescue Jessica Lynch from Iraq
 * Aban Elias, civil engineer (held hostage and has not been heard from)
 * Samir Gegea, Iraqi interpreter who captured Saddam Hussein
 * Jumana Hanna, involved in war propaganda
 * Farris Hassan
 * Steven Menashi, lawyer who serves as a US judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
 * Michael Mizrachi, professional poker player (Iraqi Jewish father)
 * Robert Mizrachi, professional poker player and older brother of Michael Mizrachi
 * Mohammad Munaf, terrorist
 * Samuel Nalo, businessman, hijacker, burglar, and brother of Robert
 * Nadya Suleman, gave birth to octuplets in January 2008
 * Abdul Rahman Yasin, suspected terrorist